Skip to main content

Forecastable

Our Latest

GTM Insights

The latest insights on the most effective go-to-market strategies

Our Founder’s Latest Insights

Blogs on Sales Reps & Sales Development

Forecastable's Education Center

The best advice on building partner programs that produce forecastable revenue.

Latest Post

Latest Post

Partnerships leader reviewing work from one shared AI team that supports every partner manager in the program

One AI Team for Your Partner Program, Not One Per Partner Manager

Giving every partner manager their own AI tool doesn’t add up to a program. Here is why one AI team, with shared data, shared rules and human approval, works better, and how to bring your own agent.

Read Article

Editor's Picks

Partner Channel Marketing: What It Is and How It Works

Short answer Short answer: Partner channel marketing is marketing you run with and through your partners to reach their customers, instead of only marketing direct to your own. It covers co-branded campaigns, through-partner demand generation, market development funds, and partner enablement content, and it works when it is tied to a sales motion and to […]

Channel Marketing Best Practices That Actually Work

Short answer Short answer: The channel marketing best practices that hold up are the ones that tie every joint activity to attributable pipeline: a real joint value proposition, funds tied to outcomes, plays that fit the partner’s audience, agreed lead routing, and attribution that shows what produced. They work because they treat channel marketing as […]

Partner Marketing Program: What It Is and How It Works

Short answer Short answer: A partner marketing program is the structured way you plan, fund, and run demand generation together with your partners so both companies create pipeline neither would create alone. It works when the joint activity produces attributable pipeline and both sides can see it, and it fails when it turns into logo […]

A partner marketing manager and a channel partner reviewing a co-branded campaign and MDF request inside channel marketing software on a laptop, a printed campaign calendar on the table in an open office, deep navy and warm amber palette

Channel Marketing Software: What It Is, How to Pick

What is channel marketing software? Short answer: Channel marketing software is the set of tools a vendor uses to run marketing through its partners at scale, covering co-branded campaigns, asset distribution, market development funds, and lead tracking. It lets one marketing team equip hundreds of partners to market locally without building each campaign by hand. […]

Read Article
A vendor partner marketing lead and a channel partner reviewing a market development funds request and a campaign results sheet across a desk, a printed MDF approval form and a laptop pipeline view visible, deep navy and warm amber palette

Market Development Funds: What They Are and Use

What are market development funds? Short answer: Market development funds are money a vendor gives a partner to spend on marketing the vendor’s product, usually tied to specific approved activities and repaid or granted against proof of spend. They exist to get partners marketing when partners lack the budget or incentive to do it alone. […]

Read Article
A B2B partner marketing manager and a partner's marketer planning a co-branded webinar on a glass wall, a printed joint campaign brief and a shared audience list on the table in an open office, deep navy and warm amber palette

B2B Partner Marketing: What It Is and How to Run

What is B2B partner marketing? Short answer: B2B partner marketing is marketing done with and through partners to reach buyers a vendor could not reach alone, spanning co-branded campaigns, joint events, referrals, and shared demand generation. It treats partners as a marketing channel, not just a sales one. Done well, it borrows a partner’s trust […]

Read Article
A channel operations manager and a partner account manager approving a deal registration in software on a shared screen, a printed conflict-resolution rules sheet on the desk in an open office, deep navy and warm amber palette

Deal Registration Software: What It Is, How to Pick

What is deal registration software? Short answer: Deal registration software is the tool that lets a partner formally claim an opportunity, lets the vendor review and approve it, and records who owns the deal so both sides avoid conflict and can prove attribution. It is the single most important workflow in a channel program, because […]

Read Article
A partner manager walking a new channel partner through an onboarding plan on a laptop during a kickoff, a printed 30-60-90 onboarding checklist and first-deal targets on the table in an open office, deep navy and warm amber palette

Channel Partner Onboarding: How to Do It Right

What is channel partner onboarding? Short answer: Channel partner onboarding is the structured process of taking a newly signed partner from contract to first deal, covering setup, training, enablement, and the early support that turns intent into revenue. It is the bridge between recruitment and production, and it is where most partnerships quietly die. A […]

Read Article
A partner enablement manager coaching a partner's sales rep through a demo and a battle card on a laptop before a customer call, a printed talk track and objection sheet on the desk in an open office, deep navy and warm amber palette

Partner Sales Enablement: What It Is, How It Works

What is partner sales enablement? Short answer: Partner sales enablement is the ongoing work of equipping a partner’s sellers to position, demo, and close your product as confidently as your own reps, spanning training, tools, messaging, and deal support. It is what stands between a partner who technically carries your product and one who actually […]

Read Article
A partnerships leader and a reseller principal negotiating margin tiers across a conference table with a printed reseller agreement and a tier ladder visible, a laptop showing partner pipeline, deep navy and warm amber palette

Reseller Partner Program: What It Is, How to Build

What is a reseller partner program? Short answer: A reseller partner program is the structured arrangement through which a vendor lets partners sell its product to their own customers for a margin, defining the tiers, discounts, rules, and support that make reselling worthwhile on both sides. It turns other companies into an extension of your […]

Read Article
A SaaS vendor partnerships lead and a value-added reseller reviewing subscription resale margin and renewal terms on a laptop, a printed license and services bundle sheet on the table in an open office, deep navy and warm amber palette

Software Reseller Program: What It Is, How It Works

What is a software reseller program? Short answer: A software reseller program is a vendor arrangement that lets partners resell software licenses or subscriptions to their own customers for a margin, usually bundling implementation and support services around the product. It is the reseller model applied to software specifically, where the economics run on recurring […]

Read Article
A channel chief and a finance partner designing channel sales incentive programs at a whiteboard showing a rebate and SPIFF ladder, a printed partner payout model on the table in an open office, deep navy and warm amber palette

Channel Sales Incentive Programs: How to Design

What are channel sales incentive programs? Short answer: Channel sales incentive programs are the structured rewards a vendor uses to motivate partners and their reps to sell more, spanning rebates, SPIFFs, margin bonuses, tiers, and recognition. They exist because a partner rep chooses where to spend selling time, and incentives tilt that choice toward your […]

Read Article
A channel sales manager running a partner deal review with a reseller's account executive at a conference table, a printed pipeline list and a joint account plan between them in an open office, deep navy and warm amber palette

Channel Sales Manager: What the Role Really Does

What is a channel sales manager? Short answer: A channel sales manager owns revenue produced through a set of partners, recruiting the right ones, enabling their sellers, and driving joint deals to close. It is a quota-carrying sales role where the sellers work at another company. The job is to make partners produce, not just […]

Read Article
1 … 33 34 35 36 37 … 70

Why wait?

Drive In-Quarter Impact

Whether starting with a single sales team or a single partner, any co-sell motion can be live in 2-4 weeks.